From one of my favorite unschooling blogs, Nurtured By Love:
Suffering from a flare-up of this disorder, I printed out a worksheet to check their math levels and reassure myself that all of the hours of watching Shaun the Sheep hasn't rotted their brains. Accidentally, I printed out a second-grade subtraction worksheet that used borrowing. To my surprise, once I taught them how to borrow, they both did the whole thing correctly, Mister (Pre-K) with a bit of help, but by the end he was working independently and keeping pace with Curly (First grade age).
"Periodic Unschoolers' Panic Disorder" (PUPD) is a syndrome which is receiving increasing attention in unschooling circles. Apparent prevalence is on the rise. .....
Classic symptoms are difficult to miss. Otherwise sensible unschooling parents start pressuring their creative, autonomous, self-motivated, hands-on learners into producing tidy completed worksheets, or sitting through chapters of world history read aloud.
Suffering from a flare-up of this disorder, I printed out a worksheet to check their math levels and reassure myself that all of the hours of watching Shaun the Sheep hasn't rotted their brains. Accidentally, I printed out a second-grade subtraction worksheet that used borrowing. To my surprise, once I taught them how to borrow, they both did the whole thing correctly, Mister (Pre-K) with a bit of help, but by the end he was working independently and keeping pace with Curly (First grade age).
Since luckily, it's a rare occurrence that I make them do a math worksheet, they both seemed to view it as a sort of brain-tickle and they really enjoyed it, particularly the idea of impressing Daddy when he returns from work tonight. It reassured me that they are actually okay, and I can now relax and allow more Netflix-watching. ;)
Note: Yes, Mister still writes 3's backward. Give the kid a break; he's only five.
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